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2 August 2018
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Jennifer Ramsey Head of Investor Relations
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Agenda for today
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Jennifer Ramsey Introductions
Highlights Warren East
Financial Review Stephen Daintith
Business outlook Warren East
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Notices
Safety Safe Harbour
Mobile Phones
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Warren East Chief Executive
Highlights
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Results summary
Underlying core revenue Underlying core gross profit
Underlying core PBT Underlying core operating margin
Core free cash flow ‘Dividend’ per share
£6.7bn 16 %* £870m 12 %*
£81m £182m* 2.2% 300bps*
£10m H1 2017: £(264)m 4.6p H1 2017: 4 . 6 p
* Organic change
p
“Good progress in a breakthrough year”
Full Year 2018 now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range
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2018 Half Year overview
Civil Aerospace
Large engine production up; installed fleet growth; OE loss reduced; new engines launched; continued to manage in-service engine issues
Power Systems
Continued strong growth across almost all end markets
Defence
Strong cash performance with healthy H2 pipeline
Restructuring
Focused on removing duplication and complexity
Financial
Increased confidence in 2018 full year; in-service engine issue costs up; exceptional charge
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Trent 1000 update
Expected cash cost profile*
Trent 1000 P&L treatment
Unacceptable level of customer disruption
Closely working with affected airlines
2018 around £450m
2019 around £450m
Reducing by £100m in 2020
Falling significantly beyond 2020
£554m exceptional charge for “abnormal” costs
“Normal” costs taken through margin over contract length
Operational update
Peak Aircraft on Ground (AOG) passed
Significantly increased MRO capacity
Fixes expedited * Trent 1000 and Trent 900 combined cash cost
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Structure to enable change
“Creating the conditions for the businesses to solve the problems themselves”
Much smaller light-weight Head Office
Following ITP Aero acquisition in December 2017, it will operate and report as a separate business unit
Civil Aerospace
Power Systems
Defence
Significantly reduced central costs
Empowered businesses, more control of own costs
Shared vision and clear accountability
Each business to deliver improving returns
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Restructuring progress
Established Group Business Services, to bring together 2,000 employees as a multi-function service delivery organisation
Established an Innovation Hub to create genuine competitive advantage
Executive team face-to-face discussions with thousands of employees to help set priorities and identify key opportunities
Target run-rate savings of £400m per annum by end 2020
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Progress in Civil
“Our strong position on new widebody aircraft is underpinning substantial growth”
Aero engines for the large commercial aircraft, regional jet and business aviation markets
Growth Trent 7000 Ramp up
Pearl 15 New technology
24% growth in large engine deliveries; progress on OE losses
A330neo received EASA certification
20% growth in large engine invoiced flying hours
First of a new family of business jet engines
Ultrafan® core demonstrator now running at full power in test
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Progress in Power Systems
“Encouraging momentum”`
Provides high-speed and medium-speed reciprocating engines, propulsion systems, distributed energy solutions and Civil Nuclear
Markets Simplify Gas Power
Service R&D
Recovery in commodity markets has driven strong volume growth
>30% reduction in product variants
Demand driven by gas availability and fast response capability
Roadmap implementation for Power Systems 2030
Focus on efficient and disciplined development investment
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Progress in Defence
“Positioned well for a solid year of operating performance”
One Defence business with market-leading Defence aerospace, Naval and Submarines operations
Structure MT30 F-35B
Pipeline Team Tempest Full year orders
supported by strong pipeline in Combat, Naval and Submarines
Maintained its position as core naval engine platform of choice
Business solutions now possible to better serve our customers
Lightning II aircraft – first deployment to the UK
Progress to secure role to develop UK’s future Combat Air Strategy
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Portfolio restructure
“These transactions build on the actions we have taken over the last two years to simplify our business”
L’Orange sale completed
Commercial Marine sale announced
L’Orange supplies fuel injection technology
Sale agreed at enterprise value of €673m
Purchased by Woodward Inc, USA
Completed 1 June 2018
Sale includes propulsion, deck machinery, automation & control, a service network, ship design capability & Ship Intelligence
Sale agreed at enterprise value of £500m
Purchased by KONGSBERG, Norway
Trading agreement with Bergen, part of Power Systems
Completion expected Q1 2019
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Stephen Daintith Chief Financial Officer
Financial Review
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Agenda for today
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01 Half year results
02 Business unit review
03 Accounting policy updates
04 Guidance
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Half year results
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£m
Civil Aerospace X
Defence X
Power Systems X
ITP Aero X
Corporate/eliminations X
Core business X
Commercial Marine X
L’Orange X
Other X
Non-core business
Group underlying result X
Core & Non-core business reporting format
Internal & external reporting updated to reflect M&A
This section will focus on the Core business of Rolls-Royce: Civil Aerospace, Power Systems, Defence and ITP Aero Commentary is provided on an underlying basis, at constant currency and excluding M&A
Non-core business Commercial Marine
L’Orange
Plus
Other smaller entities
Core business Key focus of Group operations
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£m
Underlying Revenue
Organic change
Underlying op. profit
Organic change
Civil Aerospace 3,600 +26% (112) 149
Defence 1,415 - 162 (6)
Power Systems 1,471 +13% 80 52
ITP Aero* 375 +19% 40 32
Corporate/eliminations (181) - (24) -
Core business 6,680 +16% 146 183
Non-core business** 360 -15% (5) 12
Group underlying result 7,040 +14% 141 205
Group Underlying results
*ITP Aero operates and reports as a separate business unit
**Non-core business reported as discontinued operations and assets held for sale
Group free cash flow +£267m reported & +£211m organic to £(72m)
Strong revenue growth
Significant operating profit and FCF improvement
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Core Business Underlying results
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Change Organic change
Core underlying revenue 6,680 5,611 +19% +16%
Core underlying gross profit 870 712 +22% +12%
Gross margin % 13.0% 12.7% +30bps -50bps
Research and development costs (296) (396) -25% -28%
C&A (479) (436) +10% +4%
Joint ventures & associates 51 50 +2% +8%
Core underlying operating profit 146 (70) 216 183
Underlying operating margin 2.2% (1.2)% +340bps +300bps
Core free cash flow 10 (264) 274 214
“Strong first half progress in core profit and free cash flow”
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Continued underlying growth in Core OE & LTSA revenue
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Change Organic change
OE revenue 3,247 2,594 +25% +19%
LTSA service revenue 1,659 1,455 +14% +13%
Other service revenue 1,774 1,562 +14% +15%
Core underlying revenue 6,680 5,611 +19% +16%
Gross margin (%) 13.0% 12.7% +30bps -50bps
13%
26%
25%
49% 15%
19%
OE
LTSA
Other service
Good visibility of revenues
Strong growth in other service revenue led by Civil Aerospace T&M
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Core business R&D
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Organic Change
Gross R&D 663 620 +4%
Third party contributions (145) (181) -20%
Net R&D cash spend 518 439 +14%
Capitalised (239) (84) +177%
Amortisation 17 41 -64%
Core R&D P&L charge 296 396 -28%
£518m net R&D cash spend in H1 2018
Increased investment in Civil Aerospace:
– Advance development programmes
– Ultrafan® progress continues
– New business aviation family (Pearl 15)
Increase spend in Defence on future programme investment
H1 2017 H1 2018
£439m £518m
ITP
Power Systems
Defence
Civil
Net R&D cash spend up £79m
Capitalisation policy application change absent from H1 2017
P&L charge £100m lower vs H1 2017
Full Year expectations unchanged
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Restructuring Good start
Costs Total Costs – £500m cash
costs to implement
− Redundancy costs
− Cost of enabling systems
Treatment – Underlying profit & FCF excludes one-offs of restructuring
Benefits Savings – £400m net saving
run rate by end of 2020
Reduced fixed costs & headcount
Simpler, more responsive business structure
Improved efficiency and effectiveness
H1 Exceptional P&L charge of £132m for restructuring
Good start on delivering plan
Targets delivery of net £400m reduction in costs by end 2020
Savings focused on C&A & Engineering spend
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Trent 1000/900 cost update Financial impact
2017
£170m
7 March 2018 Guidance
Pack C & B
Better AoG, MRO response
15 June 2018 Guidance
Trent 1000 / 900 in-service cash costs
Mitigations offset incremental ~£100m cost in FY18
Still expect Group FCF growth in 2019
2019
2020
c.£450m
Beyond
2020
Material reduction
Updated impact reflects:
Compressor rotor blade costs
Significant ongoing customer disruption
c.£350m
c.£450m
“broadly double”
“~£100m incrementally
Higher”
“broadly flat”
“Reduce by at least £100m”
c.£350m
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A series of abnormal events, giving rise to a significant level of cost, of a nature not normally expected, which is not reflected in contract price
For example:
– When we suffer material technical issues arising from regulatory airworthiness directives
– With a wide ranging impact across the fleet of an entire product type
– Causing significant disruption to customers
In these cases then cost of disruption, wasted material, labour etc will be treated as exceptional in the P&L
Trent 1000 exceptional charge
Triggers for exceptional treatment
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Trent 1000 £554m H1 exceptional charge covers abnormal costs which fall outside the scope of our normal TotalCare costs
Represents c.40% of total costs of resolving Trent 1000 issues for the period to 2022 - Not incremental to the cash costs
The remainder of these costs will be recognised over time in the P&L through our normal contract accounting margins
Cash costs will continue to be fully reflected in underlying free cash flow
Trent 1000 exceptional charge
Income statement impact
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Drivers of cash flow
Group Trading cash flow
Of which: Core Trading Cash flow
Increased cash inflows from Civil aftermarket and EFHs
Higher spare engine volumes – Better H1:H2 balance
Defence & other business WC improvements
Mitigation actions (discretionary spend, capex)
Trent 900/1000 engine in-service costs
Power Systems modestly lower due to order book composition
Higher future programme R&D investment (Civil / Defence)
Higher tax
Pension reduction in contributions reflecting UK plan surplus
£230m increase to £(26)m
£241m increase to £45m
Group Free cash flow
Of which: Core Free Cash flow
£267m increase to £(72)m
£274m increase to £10m
Drivers of reported £267m Group FCF improvement vs. prior year
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-
+ -
+
-
+ Significantly ahead of prior year led by Civil & Defence
Reduced benefit from working capital vs. PY.
Increased confidence around FY18 cash flow
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Group Net working capital change
Overall H1 2018 working capital cashflow benefit of £129m (H1 2017: £324m)
Increase in inventories £(427)m
Main drivers in H1 2018 (£129m benefit vs £324m in H1 2017)
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Increase in trade and other receivables £(300)m
- Volume growth in both Civil Aerospace & Power Systems
Phasing of product deliveries in Defence
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-
Increase in trade and other payables £997m
+ Material increase in Civil LTSA creditor balances: EFH growth in advance of revenues recognised; £154m prior year contract catch up adjustment
Phasing ahead of H2 volume ramp up at Power Systems
Underlying volume growth at Civil Aerospace
+
Increase in risk and revenue sharing partner related debtor balances in Civil Aerospace
Power Systems decrease due to timing of sales -
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Group balance sheet: Ambition to return to a single A rating
Completed disposal of L’Orange; net proceeds of €673m (£584m) received
Announced sale of Commercial Marine; EV of £500m. Expected net proceeds of ~£350m to £400m
Successfully issued €1.1bn (£968m) of bonds at attractive rates to pre-fund all existing debt maturities until end of 2019
Net cash H1 2018
Strong liquidity position
£6.9bn
£165m
*Reported net debt includes ITP Aero’s £215m net cash
FY 2017 net debt of £(305)m* improved to H1 2018 net cash position of £165m
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Shareholder payments
Committed to restoring shareholder payments to an appropriate level over time; FCF key driver of growth
Aspire to mid-term 2.5x FCF / dividend cover through cycle
View in the context of overall capital allocation
2018 Interim payment maintained; 4.6p per share
Expected cash cost £86m
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Business Unit review 02
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Underlying revenue - strong OE and T&M services growth; negative contract catch-ups suppressing LTSA growth
Gross profit - service activity growth & higher spare part sales; offset by £154m negative contract catch-up (£64m higher)
Operating loss - £174m net R&D capitalisation increase driving significantly lower R&D charge; C&A broadly flat
Civil Aerospace Overview
Strong growth in revenue. Operating loss reduced by £149m on an organic basis
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Change Organic change
OE revenue 1,530 1,151 +33% +32%
Services – LTSA 1,328 1,190 +12% +12%
Services - T&M/other* 742 517 +44% +43%
Underlying revenue 3,600 2,858 +26% +26%
Gross profit 148 137 +8% +12%
Gross margin % 4.1% 4.8% -70bps -50bps
Operating profit (112) (250) 138 149
Operating margin % -3.1% -8.7% +560bps +590bps
69%
14%
13% 4%
Revenue by type
Large engines 36%
Business 10%
Regional 14% V2500
5%
*Other includes contract payment from IAE based on V2500 flying hours
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259
Widebody deliveries
Installed OE engine deliveries:
Trent XWB and Trent 1000 growth
Trent 700, A330ceo production slowing down
Increased spare engines: more balanced H1/H2 delivery profile
+7 Business aviation engines: driven by improving market
+24%
H1 2017 H1 2018
45%
16%
28%
11%
Over 2,400 WB engines on order
Engine deliveries
In service
On order
Trent 700 1,614 61
Trent 7000 0 458
Trent XWB 358 1,379
Trent 900 364 187
Trent 1000 490 331
+
-
Trent XWB
Trent 700
Trent 1000
Trent 900
Widebody engine production ramp continuing
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Good progress on widebody OE unit loss reduction
Continue to work towards break-even target on Trent XWB-84 by 2020
Civil Aerospace: key cash drivers
OE loss
Ongoing drive for OE cost reductions across the portfolio
15% Average OE loss 15% lower than FY 2017
Trent 900
Trent XWB-84
increase / decrease %
Trent 700
H1 2018 deficit
XWB-84: cost & price reductions
Trent 900: 2017 temporary pricing impact
Trent 700: end-of-life pricing headwind
Increase in volume of newer, higher loss-making engines in H2
Trent 1000
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Civil Aerospace: key cash drivers
5.8m
6.9m
H1 2017 H1 2018
+20%
4,409 4,567
FY 2017 H1 2018
+4%
Large engine invoiced EFH Large engine in-service fleet
Continued growth of Trent 700, Trent 1000 and Trent XWB fleets
Growth in Trent 1000 and Trent XWB fleets
Good performance in mature engine transitions
Strong Widebody EFH growth
Modest increase in Business Aviation EFH
Expected aircraft retirements driving lower regional EFH
2 EFH growth
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Growing fleet driving increased shop visits
Civil Aerospace: key cash drivers
Widebody LTSA major shop visits
Widebody LTSA check & repair visits
Increase in Trent 700 engine first overhauls
Accelerated maintenance activity on Trent 1000/900
Shop visits
91
137
H1 2017 H1 2018
+46
158
242
H1 2017 H1 2018
+84
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Trent XWB
Excellent entry into service
Total cumulative fleet hours
>2m
Engine performance in-service in line with expectations
Trent XWB-84
Solid progress on engine cash deficit reduction
Dispatch reliability in first half
99.9% Trent XWB-97 entered into service in February
% deficit reduction
2020 2015
Engine unit cost
Price (net of RRSP share)
Target
352 in service
19 operators
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Underlying revenue - double-digit growth in both OE and Services
Gross Margin - 180bps improvement reflects higher volumes
Operating margin - improvement of 330bps
Power Systems 0verview
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Change Organic change
OE 945 814 +16% +14%
Services 526 461 +14% +12%
Underlying revenue 1,471 1,275 +15% +13%
Gross profit 354 283 +25% +23%
Gross margin % 24.1% 22.2% +190bps +180bps
Operating profit 80 26 54 52
Operating margin % 5.4% 2.0% +340bps +330bps
H1 performance driven by strong OE volumes and services growth with strength across end-markets
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64%
36%
29%
30% 27%
8%
6%
Power Systems 0verview
By end market
By type
H1 OE revenue growth of 14% led by strong end markets Volume driven; strength across almost all markets; PowerGen down due to tough PY comparison base
H1 services revenues +12% Strong growth in commodity exposed markets
Good order intake; +27% versus prior year Pre-buy effect in Construction & Agriculture markets, strength in commodity related end markets and PowerGen wins
On track to deliver FY18 FY order coverage over 80%; significantly better than prior year
OE 14%
Services 12%
Marine 40%
Industrial 31%
PowerGen 15%
Defence/Other 17%
Civil Nuclear 1%
On track; confident over outlook for 2018
Underlying revenue
£1,471million
2.5 2.5
2.8 Order book £bn
H1 2017 FY 2017 H1 2018
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Defence Overview
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Change Organic change
OE (& Development) 608 629 -3% +1%
AM - LTSA 250 227 +10% +16%
AM - T&M 557 622 -10% -7%
Underlying revenue 1,415 1,478 -4% -
Gross profit 281 292 -4% +1%
Gross margin % 19.9% 19.8% +10bps +30bps
Operating profit 162 180 (18) (6)
Operating margin % 11.4% 12.2% -80bps -40bps
Solid performance; margins impacted by higher R&D spend on future technology
Underlying revenue - broadly flat
Gross Margin - stable versus prior year
Operating margin - down 40bps; higher R&D spend partly offset by reduced C&A
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43%
18%
39%
37%
19%
22%
8%
14%
Solid OE revenue Transport and Submarines growth offset lower Combat volumes
Services revenue flat Increased LTSA and Combat spares offset Submarines (shift in contract phase)
Orders weighted to H2 Good pipeline in Combat, Naval & Submarines
Remain confident on FY18 outlook Expect similar H2 weighting to profit as 2017 (60:40)
OE & Development 1%
T&M & Other
7%
Transport 8%
Combat 10%
Submarines 1%
Naval 6%
Other 2%
Defence Overview
Confidence in the outlook for remainder of the year
LTSA 16%
By type
Underlying revenue
£1,415million
By end market
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Outlook positive despite near-term cash investment cycle
ITP Aero Overview*
£m H1 2018 H1 2017 Change Organic change
Underlying revenue 375 309 +21% +19%
Gross profit 85 50 +70% +67%
Gross margin % 22.7% 16.2% +650bps +650bps
Operating profit 40 8 32 32
Operating margin % 10.7% 2.6% +810bps +820bps
Underlying revenue driven by the growth in Civil Aerospace programme deliveries in ITP Aero’s portfolio +21%
Gross margin - significant improvement; higher aftermarket volumes, improved OE mix
Operating margin - driven by gross margin improvements in Civil
*ITP Aero was acquired on 19 December 2017. Prior year comparatives are unaudited and are presented for comparison purposes only
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Accounting policy update 03
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Accounting policy updates
Amendments to accounting for financial instruments
Effective from 1 January 2018 with adjustment to reserves on that date
No restatement of comparatives
No change to hedge accounting for foreign exchange
No material effect on the H1 2018 numbers
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
All leases on balance sheet
Effective from 1 January 2019 with adjustment to reserves on that date
No restatement of comparatives
Continue to make good progress on policies, impact assessment and system implementation.
Property and aircraft engines most material
IFRS 16 Leases
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2018 Cash Outlook
Free cash flow (FCF) guidance updated Prior FCF guidance for Group (excl. ITP Aero) as provided at FY17 Results
£(100)m £100m
£450m
£350m £550m
£450m
£550m
£400m
£100m
£100m
£300m £500m
Updated FCF guidance on a like-for-like basis
Adjusted for:
• £(50)m Inclusion of ITP Aero
• Removal of Commercial Marine & L’Orange (Net £nil)
Now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range
Now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range:
• Improved Defence margin
• Better Power Systems growth
Core business FCF (incl. ITP Aero) guidance
£350m
Cash flow guidance now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range
£(100)m £(100)m
£(100)m £(100)m
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2018 Profit Outlook
Profit guidance updated Prior profit guidance for Group (excl. ITP Aero) as provided at FY17 Results
Profit guidance on a like-for-like basis
Core business operating profit (incl. ITP Aero) guidance
£(100)m £100m
£400m
£300m £500m
£400m
£500m
£100m
£450m £(100)m £100m
£350m £550m
£(100)m
£300m
Profit guidance now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range
£(100)m
Adjusted for:
• +£50m Inclusion of ITP Aero
• Removal of Commercial Marine & L’Orange (Net £nil)
Now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range
Now expected to be in the upper half of our guidance range:
• Improved Defence margin
• Better Power Systems growth
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Business outlook
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Customers
Technology
Resilience Financial Progress
Service revitalisation
Development of new engine architecture
EVTOL concept personal flight
Cultural change
Improving adaptability
Diversity & inclusion
High ethical standards
Improving free cash flow
Strengthened balance sheet
Disciplined capital allocation
Large engine production ramp-up
Expanding service network
Mitigating disruption from in-service issues
Priorities for 2018 remain unchanged
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Restructuring
Drive out unnecessary costs 01
Remove complex & duplicative processes
Create ownership behaviour
Develop a real performance culture
Must do:
02
03
04
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Build balanced portfolio
Develop: Our long-term vision and strategy
Pioneering the Power that Matters
Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs
Vitalise existing capabilities
Transform our Business
Reinvent with digital Champion electrification
Build balanced portfolio
Champion electrification
Transform our Business
Vitalise existing capabilities
Reinvent with digital
“Creating the leading Industrial Technology Company”
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This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. In particular, all statements that express forecasts, expectations and projections with respect to future matters, including trends in results of operations, margins, growth rates, overall market trends, the impact of interest or exchange rates, the availability of financing to the Company, anticipated cost savings or synergies and the completion of the Company's strategic transactions, are forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements and forecasts involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and forecasts. The forward-looking statements reflect the knowledge and information available at the date of preparation of this announcement, and will not be updated during the year. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast. All figures are on an underlying basis unless otherwise stated - see note 2 of the 2018 Half Year Results Statement for the definition.
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